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Linda Marx / People.com:
Lisa Rinna Would Rather Go Naked than Host Events  —  Lisa Rinna is most comfortable in the nude, which may explain why the 45-year-old doesn't understand why there is so much stigma attached to not having a perfect body.  —  “While I'm definitely a product of this mindset …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Shiloh's Review Of The Little Mermaid  —  The holy family left The Little Mermaid on Broadway last night and this is what Shiloh thought of that roller skating s**t.  If I was anywhere near there, I would've grabbed that holy moco out of her finger and put it on eBay.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Take Kids to See The Little Mermaid in NYC
Korbi TV:
Exclusive: Is ‘Lost’ Letting Evangeline Lilly Go?  —  If we're to believe last night's preview of next Wednesday's Lost, it would seem that the long awaited reunion of Sawyer and Kate (also know as “Skate” on these here internets) will soon be upon us.  And so, the bitter debate regarding whom …
Steven Zeitchik / Hollywood Reporter:
‘NeverEnding Story’ gets new beginning  —  Leonard DiCaprio's company among those mulling reboot  —  “The NeverEnding Story” might keep going.  —  Warner Bros. and a pair of top-tier production banners are in the early stages of a reboot of the 1980s children's fantasy classic.
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David Caplan / People.com:
Gwyneth Paltrow Defends Her Web Site  —  Gwyneth Paltrow is taking on critics of her lifestyle Web site, Goop.com, just days after The New York Times published an article questioning the site's relevance in light of a barrage of published swipes against its cardio-workout and pizza-recipe content.
Bay News 9:
Joe Graziano booked for plotting to kill wife  —  PINELLAS COUNTY (Bay News 9) — Edward James Graziano, father of the man injured in the Nick Bollea automobile crash, has been arrested and accused of plotting to kill his estranged wife Debra.  —  According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office …
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Irish Independent News in Ireland & Worldwide:
'When I'm drunk I'm like Bambi.  I'm all over the place, hopeless'  —  Jonathan Rhys Meyers's admission of his fondness for drink was seen in a new light this week when the Tudors star checked himself into rehab again, reports Richie Taylor  —  It's an all-too-familiar tale …
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Contactmusic.com:
JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS - MEYERS CHECKS INTO REHAB FOR THIRD TIME?
Discussion: Dlisted and Hollywood Dame
People.com:
David Beckham Moves into George Clooney's Villa  —  How's this for a new reality show: Celebrity Landlord.  The star: George Clooney.  And the tenant?  David Beckham.  —  The locale isn't bad, either: Italy's Lake Como, where the soccer hunk is currently living in the former Sexiest Man Alive's villa …
Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:
Rihanna seeks sun to combat clouds amid Chris Brown case  —  Beaten-up beauty Rihanna donned a bikini and soaked up some Mexican sun a day after her 21st birthday.  —  The shocking bruises that sources say boyfriend Chris Brown left on the songbird's face just before the Grammy Awards …
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X17 Online:
STILL No Charges Filed Against Chris Brown!
Peter Mikelbank / People.com:
Kate Hudson & Owen Wilson's French Adventure  —  Hudson & Wilson in Normandy  —  After a low-key weekend of bike rides and late night dinners in Paris, Owen Wilson and very on-again girlfriend Kate Hudson took their French break on the road - for a run along the Normandy coastline.
Discussion: Bumpshack.com and I'm Not Obsessed
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Jason Wahler Calls Off Engagement  —  Jason Wahler has called off his engagement from Katja Decker Sadowski, 21.  —  “I have decided to end my engagement, and it's an amicable split,” the Hills star, 22, tells Usmagazine.com.  —  Wahler — who has also dated Lauren Conrad — says they're “still good friends.
Nicole Sperling / EW.com:
Bill Condon shopping Richard Pryor biopic, with Eddie Murphy attached  —  Writer/director Bill Condon, who just completed his debut run as producer of the 2009 Academy Awards, is shopping his script Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said? to the studio subsidiaries and independent distributors around town.
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Jen Aniston and John Mayer: One Year Later and Still in Love  —  When Jennifer Aniston first met John Mayer at an Oscar party in 2008, she insisted she “barely knew his music.”  One year later, the two were the reigning “It” couple at this year's ceremony following a surprise appearance by Aniston as a presenter with Mayer as her date.
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Ferrell, Wahlberg join ‘The B Team’  —  Adam McKay to direct comedy for Sony  —  Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired “The B Team,” a spec pitch package for an Adam McKay-directed action comedy that will team Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as cops, with Chris Henchy and McKay writing the script.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Teri Hatcher Had “Fun” Kissing Eva Longoria  —  Teri Hatcher kissed a girl - and she liked it.  —  Usmagazine.com caught up with the Desperate Housewives star over the weekend at an Oscar bash, and she talked about her upcoming show smooch with costar Eva Longoria Parker.  —  “I did not kiss her.
Jen / Britney Spears:
BREAKING NEWS: “IF U SEEK AMY” SINGLE ART GALLERY  — “Very much crossing fingers and toes that you come down to Australia.....You have oodles of” —tori  — “omggggggggggggggggg!  she is soooo cute !  hey brit, how aabout you come to brazil?  it” —bianca brazil  — “omggggggggggggggggg!
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler and Just Jared
Emily Smith / The Sun:
‘Millionaire’ Dev's bid for slum sum … SLUMDOG Millionaire star Dev Patel is going on the real Who Wants to be a Millionaire? — to raise cash for starving street kids.  —  Dev, 18, is in talks to appear on the ITV1 gameshow along with the Oscar-winning movie's director Danny Boyle.
Nerve:
20. Gary Busey and Jennifer Garner on the Oscar Red Carpet, 2008  —  Gary Busey is no stranger to weird public antics (remember: he will tear out your endocrine system!), but this red-carpet appearance at the 2008 Oscars is the jewel in his madman's crown.  When Busey interrupts Ryan Seacrest's interview …
Discussion: Pop Candy and Oh No They Didn't!
PopEater:
‘Dancing’ May Lose Its Crown Jewel  —  Jewel was all set to cut a rug on this season of ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ but bum knees may keep her out of the competition.  —  The songstress wrote in her blog that tendonitis in both knees may be the demise of her ‘Dancing’ career even before the show starts on March 9.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Tommy Hilfiger to Be a Dad — Again!  —  Tommy Hilfiger is going to be a dad again, Usmagazine.com has confirmed.  —  The 57-year-old designer and his wife of two months, Dee Ocleppo, “couldn't be more excited, ” his rep tells Us.  “They are sharing their joy with friends right now.”
 
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